GlenDimplex (formerly known as Glen Electric) is an

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based consumer electrical goods firm headquartered in

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. The company is privately held, with manufacturing and development centres in the

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, China and many other locations around the world. The company also has branches in

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. The company was founded by Martin Naughton, and is wholly owned by him after he bought out the other shareholders in 2003. Sean O'Driscoll became CEO of Glen Dimplex in 2011. Fergal Naughton was later appointed as Group CEO. Fergal Leamy assumed the role of CEO in 2021.

History

The company was incorporated on , as Glen Electric in

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, an electric heater manufacturer with ten employees, and it was founded as Glen Dimplex due to a merger with Dimplex, a large electric heating appliance manufacturer, on .

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and Burco Dean Appliances were acquired by the Glen Dimplex Group in 1985, and were based in

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near

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. Creda was acquired by the group in 1987. Belling was acquired in July 1992,

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in November 1994,

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in June 1998,

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in March 2005, Robinson Willey in August 2010, Valor in September 2011, and Real Flame Australia in February 2016. Dimplex was the shirt sponsor of

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from 1993 until 1995. In 2018 the

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-based home appliances division, which makes cookers and refrigerators under the Britannia, Lec, New World and Stoves brands, announced a "streamlining" of operations, resulting in up to 300 of its 1,000 permanent staff at its Knowsley plant being made redundant.

Brands and acquisitions

References

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